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(AP) — Missouri lawmakers on Wednesday said they are delaying coming back to the state Capitol for work on a proposed income tax cut. Instead of returning to work next Tuesday — as GOP Gov. Mike Parson called for — leaders in the Republican-led Legislature said they’ll come back Sept. …

Top Missouri House and Senate Republicans say today’s meeting with Governor Mike Parson in Jefferson City about the upcoming special session was extremely productive. They’re trying to negotiate a package involving a tax cut and farm tax credit extensions that can receive strong support in both chambers. “Missouri Times” publisher …

The Missouri Tigers battled Ole Miss under the lights at Faurot Field in Columbia in 2019 (file photo courtesy of Mizzou football spokesman Ryan Koslen) Mizzou’s athletic director is encouraging Tiger football fans to download the Mizzou Tigers app before you arrive on-campus for tomorrow (Thursday) night’s season opener at …

The voter-approved $6.2 million addition/renovation at Columbia’s Rock Bridge elementary school has been completed (August 2022 photo courtesy of CPS’ Michelle Baumstark) You’re invited to attend this (Wednesday) afternoon’s dedication of the $6.2 million Rock Bridge elementary school building addition in Columbia. The ceremony and ribbon cutting will begin at …

The Columbia/Boone County Health Department on West Worley (2021 file photo is courtesy of the health department’s Sara Humm) Columbia health officials have announced the first monkeypox case in Boone County. Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services (PHHS) says a Boone County resident has tested positive, and that PHHS …

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev speaks at Westminster College in mid-Missouri’s Fulton on May 6, 1992 (file photo courtesy of the National Churchill Museum website) The former Soviet leader who helped bring the Cold War to an end has died at the age of 91. The BBC reports Mikhail Gorbachev died …

Ap – The Missouri Supreme Court reprimanded St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner for mistakes made in the 2018 prosecution of then-Gov. Eric Greitens, but agreed with an advisory counsel’s decision that suspension of her law license or disbarment were not merited. The brief ruling from the state High Court …

It’s federal prison time for a Jefferson City woman who admits to throwing Molotov cocktail fire bombs into two homes. 48 – year old Iasha Cannady pleaded guilty in December. She was accused of using the bombs to set fire to two homes on Lafayette Street and Water Street in …

A few more Missouri prisons could soon end up with air conditioning, but one of Mid – Missouri’s oldest prisons won’t be among them. Only seven of the state’s 18 – prisons have even partial air conditioning. The capital improvements plan would install a/c at five correctional centers. The Moberly …

Boone County Presiding Commissioner Dan Atwill visits with Missouri Governor Mike Parson at Columbia’s Clary-Shy community park on August 25, 2022 (photo courtesy of the governor’s Flickr page) Missouri lawmakers will return to Jefferson City next week for a special session called by Governor Mike Parson (R). The governor wants …